Ryan Legge

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ryan Legge is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Legge has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Surgery and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ryan Legge's work include Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications (1 paper) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (1 paper). Ryan Legge is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications (1 paper) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (1 paper). Ryan Legge collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ryan Legge's co-authors include Andrew K. Benson, Jens Walter, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Daniel A. Peterson, Jaehyoung Kim, Derrick L. Nehrenberg, Stephen D. Kachman, Daniel Pomp, Kunjie Hua and Min Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gastroenterology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Legge

7 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors

2010 982 citations Andrew K. Benson, Scott A. Kelly et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Legge United States	5	1.0k	277	268	232	213	7	1.6k
Phaik Lyn Oh United States	6	1.1k 1.0×	194 0.7×	332 1.2×	376 1.6×	179 0.8×	6	1.5k
Eric J. C. Gálvez Germany	18	1.3k 1.3×	258 0.9×	348 1.3×	356 1.5×	174 0.8×	31	1.9k
Ingmar S. Middelbos United States	14	754 0.7×	254 0.9×	230 0.9×	413 1.8×	359 1.7×	18	1.2k
Sudarshan A. Shetty Netherlands	21	909 0.9×	231 0.8×	247 0.9×	293 1.3×	201 0.9×	54	1.5k
Lucy M.I. Webster United Kingdom	11	1.1k 1.1×	519 1.9×	204 0.8×	256 1.1×	249 1.2×	22	1.8k
Paul O. Sheridan United Kingdom	12	1.1k 1.0×	388 1.4×	174 0.6×	391 1.7×	427 2.0×	20	1.6k
Thomas C. A. Hitch Germany	16	1.0k 1.0×	166 0.6×	211 0.8×	266 1.1×	103 0.5×	26	1.5k
Fang He China	20	933 0.9×	207 0.7×	204 0.8×	583 2.5×	399 1.9×	40	1.9k
Jakub Mrázek Czechia	27	1.4k 1.3×	186 0.7×	322 1.2×	437 1.9×	207 1.0×	91	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Legge

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Legge

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Legge

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ryan Legge. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ryan Legge based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ryan Legge. Ryan Legge is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Benson, Andrew K., Gordon S. Smith, Joseph Nietfeldt, et al.. (2014). Microbial Successions Are Associated with Changes in Chemical Profiles of a Model Refrigerated Fresh Pork Sausage during an 80-Day Shelf Life Study. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(17). 5178–5194. 63 indexed citations

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Ringel, Yehuda, Andrew K. Benson, Ian M. Carroll, et al.. (2013). Tu2090 Molecular Characterization of the Intestinal Microbiota Focusing on Subgroups of Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome.. Gastroenterology. 144(5). S–926. 1 indexed citations

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Ringel, Yehuda, Andrew K. Benson, Ian M. Carroll, et al.. (2013). 480 Molecular Characterization of the Intestinal Microbiota in Patients With and Without Abdominal Bloating.. Gastroenterology. 144(5). S–87. 1 indexed citations

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Russo, Sabrina E., Ryan Legge, Karrie A. Weber, et al.. (2012). Bacterial community structure of contrasting soils underlying Bornean rain forests: Inferences from microarray and next-generation sequencing methods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 55. 48–59. 39 indexed citations

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Kasaikina, Marina V., Byung Cheon Lee, Javier Seravalli, et al.. (2011). Dietary selenium affects host selenoproteome expression by influencing the gut microbiota. The FASEB Journal. 25(7). 2492–2499. 191 indexed citations

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Benson, Andrew K., Scott A. Kelly, Ryan Legge, et al.. (2010). Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(44). 18933–18938. 982 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martínez, Inés, Chaomei Zhang, Ryan Legge, et al.. (2009). Diet-Induced Metabolic Improvements in a Hamster Model of Hypercholesterolemia Are Strongly Linked to Alterations of the Gut Microbiota. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(12). 4175–4184. 279 indexed citations

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